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The Fabulous World of Jules Verne

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1958 · 1h 23m · Adventure, Science Fiction · Czechoslovakia · Rated U (GB)

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As the world progresses into the industrial age, a professor studying the "nature of pure matter" is spirited away by a would-be dictator and connived into building a super-bomb, as a young reporter and a girl rescued from the sea attempt to warn him of their mutual kidnapper's intentions to dominate the world with a new and more-deadly-yet weapon.

Directed by
Karel Zeman
Written by
František Hrubín, Jiří Brdečka, Karel Zeman
Based on the novel by
Jules Verne
Starring
Lubor Tokoš, Jana Zatloukalová, Arnošt Navrátil, Miloslav Holub
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DocAlliance Films: available in 57 countries
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19th centuryairflightautomobilebased on novel or bookblack and whitecostume dramadreamworldevil dictatorgiant squidhidden island basehot air ballooninventionkidnappingmagic lanternmessage in a bottlemini submarinenuclear explosivepirate gangpower madnessreporterrescue at seascientistshipwrecksteam enginesteam powerstop motionunderwater tunnelvolcanic islandweapons of war
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